1. calling someone before a court to answer a criminal charge
Usage: legal term; present participle of arraign
2. criticizing or condemning someone severely
Usage: formal

Examples

• The judge is arraigning the defendant on charges of theft.
• They are arraigning him for armed robbery next Tuesday.
• The prosecutor spent the morning arraigning several suspects.
• She was arraigning the company’s unethical practices in her speech.
• The editorial was arraigning the mayor for his poor decisions.
• The lawyer is arraigning the witness for perjury.